Esophagorespiratory fistula: Long-term results of palliative treatment with covered expandable metallic stents in 61 patients

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 252-259

  Shin, Ji Hoon ^a   Song, Ho Young ^a   Ko, Gi Young ^a   Lim, Jin Oh ^a   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Esophagus, grafts and prostheses; Esophagus, interventional procedures; Esophagus, stenosis or obstruction; Fistula, gastrointestinal tract; Fistula, pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BALLOON DILATATION; DEATH; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; STENTS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 2942707825     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2321030733     Document Type: Article

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